Example sentences of "always [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I always obey my father without question as I did today , and all I ask is that you help me to continue to do that . " |
| 2 | What you want to go interfering for she burst out , leave me and my family alone , little busy body always sticking your nose into other people 's affairs , Daryl 's temper flared up , I do n't she said , you gua rd your tongue Sally , I never meant to interfere and I ca n't think what all the fuss is about , either you have a sister or you have n't , I do n't care . |
| 3 | Maggie herself , he knew , understood the situation well enough : there was no one more sensible than Maggie ; but her auntie , who seemed to have taken the place of her mother and , like a mother , had her future interests at heart , was always bringing her qualities to the fore for him to admire . |
| 4 | Bathing always made her think of childhood . |
| 5 | Yes , in the old days I always made his appointments for him . " |
| 6 | One of the biggest problems for Ferguson is that opponents always raise their game against Manchester United . |
| 7 | Zelma , bless her , who has always regarded her son-in-law as a sort of concierge who somehow manages to throw up the odd masterpiece in between sitting at a desk , gazing uselessly out of the window and making endless messes in her kitchen with his coffee dregs and fag ash , had been popping into the study at fairly regular intervals , with unspecific enquiries . |
| 8 | He had flattered him ; had said he always read his critiques with particular care and was stimulated by his musical acumen and pellucid expression — ‘ The sort of things critics like to hear of themselves … . ’ |
| 9 | She must know how to give or take his hand and always to acknowledge his presence as an equal partner in the dance . |
| 10 | Daine was observing the tradition that the bad guy should always explain his crimes in great detail before trying to kill the hero . |
| 11 | ‘ Nandie ’ had always enjoyed his two-pennyworth of rum , having ‘ … always declared , and on several occasions proved , that if he venture three-pennyworth , intoxication resulted ’ . |
| 12 | Wearing a Dupatta over one 's head is also a sign of respect for elders ( and for God : a Sikh woman entering a Gurdwara ( Sikh temple ) always covers her head with a Dupatta ) . |
| 13 | Whether it 's a relaxing cocktail in the piano bar or the bright lights of the stage , HCI always has your enjoyment in mind . |
| 14 | Of Dr Cummings , the panel has this to say : ‘ He always has his work on public health uppermost in his mind ’ . |
| 15 | He always has his party on the last free night before production . ’ |
| 16 | To her knowledge she had never led anyone into anything she could n't handle herself , but as he had pointed out before , she could n't always know what sort of reaction she was stirring in those who listened to her songs . |
| 17 | Though she is an American tourist , she looks elegant in her high Italian boots and I think , I can always know my mother by the briskness of her gait and the suede upon her feet . |
| 18 | Although the employer was pretty reasonable to us he p always payed us sixpence above the rate . |
| 19 | You have played chess all your life and I think that , in the same way , you have always approached your work as a player ? |
| 20 | But I am constantly in trouble with the law , because I always kiss my boyfriend in public and we could be prosecuted for that . |
| 21 | In contrast , turbulent confusion has always surrounded his theory of labour supply . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's always keeping his eyes on what the kids are wearing and nudging us about what we see out there , what we hear them asking for , ’ says Caroline Freeman , an Armanishly elegant stick insect who works on his British team . |
| 23 | Always provide your babysitter with emergency telephone numbers and other contacts . |
| 24 | I 'm from the countryside and have always earned my living from it . |
| 25 | Mrs Hancock , the girl from the other side of the tracks , had always professed her love for the rough , tough ex-miner who made a fortune and espoused the most outlandish ideas . |
| 26 | I also see Spitting Image , yes , though I 've always felt their puppet of me was rather like Richard Nixon . |
| 27 | Dorothy had a brother Ray , and did not always welcome his visits with his wife Kathleen , particularly when they were accompanied by their spoilt dog Harrison . |
| 28 | We 've always built our position on competence . |
| 29 | Lapis lazuli was probably valued in the ancient world not only for its colour , but also because it was derived from a single source and thus always signified its origins as distance . |
| 30 | As I pointed out earlier , even those scientists who are most eager to assure us that the difference between man and other animals is only a matter of degree always conduct their experiments in a way which implies that the observer is quite different in kind from what he observes . |